Made a split second decision to take the night train down to Bangkok after getting heavily bitten by mosquitoes. Now here I am, back in in Khao san Road. ;-)
The train was really nice, I was quite impressed with the comforts of a second class sleeping berth. The two English girls I was travelling with undertook the futile mission of instructing me in London street slang... absolutely incomprehensible gobbledygook, innit!!!
A few hours after arrival I met up with a couple of old (from Hanoi) and new faces and went out to explore the crazy weekend market, Chatuchak. It is absolutely huge, sells everything under the sun and my "add-one-dump-something" rule (to reduce the weight of my backpack) went right out the window! We found a mall just off the market with fixed prices and full of Thai people, practically no tourists. Soon found out why... prices were a third of what was being charged outside at the market... jackpot! Don't worry back home, won't ship back any furniture... although I am tempted by some of the artworks!
Went for a relaxing foot reflexology massage after having provided moral support to a friend fighting with a tailor. Apparently he had misunderstood my friend's directions at the fitting and the dress was cut too low... So she panicked because her flight home was in few hours and she had already paid for the garment up front. Hopefully the manager will be true to his word and post her the dress after the alterations have been made... we'll see!
Have booked my ticket out to Bali and am off tomorrow for three weeks... sunshine, beaches and volcanoes, here I come!
